Megalania
Megalania (Varanus priscus) is an extinct species of giant monitor lizard, part of the megafaunal assemblage that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene. It is the largest terrestrial lizard known to have existed, reaching an estimated length of 3.5 to 7 metres (11.5 – 23 ft), and weighing between 97–1,940 kg (214–4,277 lb), but the fragmentary nature of known remains make estimates highly uncertain. Megalania is thought to have had a similar ecology to the living Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). The youngest fossil remains of giant monitor lizards in Australia date to around 50,000 years ago. The first indigenous settlers of Australia might have encountered Megalania, and been a factor in their extinction.
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Megalania
Megalania (Varanus priscus) is an extinct species of giant monitor lizard, part of the megafaunal assemblage that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene. It is the largest terrestrial lizard known to have existed, reaching an estimated length of 3.5 to 7 metres (11.5 – 23 ft), and weighing between 97–1,940 kg (214–4,277 lb), but the fragmentary nature of known remains make estimates highly uncertain. Megalania is thought to have had a similar ecology to the living Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). The youngest fossil remains of giant monitor lizards in Australia date to around 50,000 years ago. The first indigenous settlers of Australia might have encountered Megalania, and been a factor in their extinction.
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Megalania ("gran errante"; del ...... con poblaciones de Megalania.
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Megalania (Varanus prisca, ibl ...... l för omkring 40 000 år sedan.
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Megalania (Varanus priscus) is ...... a factor in their extinction.
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Megalania (Varanus priscus) – ...... czątki mają około 50 tys. lat.
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Megalania est un genre éteint ...... est l'espèce Megalania prisca.
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Varanus priscus (foutieve comb ...... door veel op in de literatuur.
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Varanus priscus (též Megalania ...... ranus (Pianka and King, 2004).
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Varanus priscus também chamado ...... 1,70 a 2,10 metros de altura.
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Pleistocene,
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Megalania skeletal reconstruction on Melbourne Museum steps
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Varanus priscus
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Il megalania (il «grande girov ...... trato degli esemplari viventi.
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Megalania ("gran errante"; del ...... con poblaciones de Megalania.
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Megalania (Varanus prisca, ibl ...... l för omkring 40 000 år sedan.
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Megalania (Varanus priscus) is ...... a factor in their extinction.
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Megalania (Varanus priscus) – ...... czątki mają około 50 tys. lat.
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Megalania adalah spesies biawa ...... edikit berbeda satu sama lain.
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Megalania est un genre éteint ...... est l'espèce Megalania prisca.
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Varanus priscus (foutieve comb ...... door veel op in de literatuur.
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Varanus priscus (též Megalania ...... ranus (Pianka and King, 2004).
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Varanus priscus também chamado ...... 1,70 a 2,10 metros de altura.
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Megalania (genre)
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Megalania prisca
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Megalania
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Megalania
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Megalania
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Megalania
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Megalania
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Varanus priscus
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Varanus priscus
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Varanus priscus
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